Shakespearean scholarship : a guide for actors and students / Leslie O'Dell.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-390) and indexes.

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Shakespearean Scholarship without Tears -- Premises -- The Author's Biases -- The Mismatch of Four Centuries -- An Actor's Guide to Shakespearean Scholarship -- Theatrical Adventures in an Academic Library -- Diggers and Delvers, Gleaners and Grooms -- The Actor's Responsibilities -- Which Shakespeare? -- The Scholarly Editions -- Nonscholarly Editions -- Alternative Strategies -- What Can Be Learned from Quartos and Folios? -- In Search of Shakespeare's Text -- Play-specific Commentaries -- The Actor and the Text -- Dictionaries, Reference Books, and Guides -- Dictionaries for Shakespeare -- Reference Books, Companions, and Guides -- History Reference Books -- Nonacademic Introductions and Overviews -- A Debt of Gratitude -- Pictures, Reproductions, and Reprints -- Picture-filled General Introductions -- Pictures of History -- Castles and Sheepcotes -- Portraits and Landscapes -- Engravings and Woodblocks -- European Renaissance Masters -- Emblems -- Shakespeare's Hand -- Reproductions and Reprints -- Shakespeare's Library -- Verbal and Visual Portraits of Daily Life -- Old Books Anew -- The Shakespeare Industry -- Famous Players of the World Stage -- Reflections in a Mirror -- The Glass of Fashion -- Using the Past to Reflect the Present -- Distorted Images of the Past -- The Peopled World -- Class -- Honorable Service -- Occupations -- The Aristocracy -- Fools -- Villains, Rogues, and Notorious Failures -- Shakespeare the Master of All Arts -- Shakespeare's England -- The Actor's Contribution to Social History.

Discusses works on Shakespeare that are of interest primarily to theatre professionals.

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